I think there's some redundancy here... one can show that these 15 guys can be reduced to just 7.

I never quite absorbed an intuitive understanding of Bell's theorem. I'm trying to watch some videos and see that helps. e.g. here from Minute Physics, talking about it in the context of photons and polarizers www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqZ...

These people should have no home in American culture.

Great to hear.

Good news. Really hoping we can start focusing on climate change and the energy transition again in the US once we are done with the distractor in chief.

I suppose it's good that Loomer draws the line at Nazism? Seems like maybe some of the worst people are going to be trying to find any kind of moral ground to stand on they possibly can as the Trump ship sinks.

The press corps sure could do a better job of challenging Trump when he lies, when he refuses to answer questions, when he attacks colleagues. The first reporter who says to him, "Why are you being such a jerk?" will become a folk hero. And i hope he or she keeps their job.

Oh hey, for those of you playing at home" "Tolkien, while denying that absolute evil could exist, stated that Sauron came as near to a wholly evil will as was possible." So sure, make your home secure with as near to a WHOLLY EVIL. What a product name #fail

This is illegal. She’s confessing to a crime.

Nice to see the Trump scandals sticking around a bit longer. Seems like a corner has been turned regarding his ability to control the news cycle (or at least the bluesky cycle).

Better late than never I guess.

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Absolutely. #AbolishIce

MAGA isn’t happy with the way things are going.

Quiet, Piggy #marytrump #marytrumpmedia #piggy

Eek... Like the previous Nazi movement, this one is full of pseudo-religious ideology: half baked attempts to find meaning in life and to deal with the very real challenges of confronting being a human in our scientific/technological world. The problem is real. But these are not real solutions.

We are in the middle of a spiritual emergency - I joined @ms.now to talk about the stakes of what we are up against. If they can treat me like this when the whole world is watching, what are they doing in these facilities with no oversight and accountability? 👇👇👇 youtu.be/aluSsz6gYdM?...

@govpritzker.illinois.gov, please read this story and take actions consistent with your words to stop the violence of law enforcement against peaceful protestors of good conscience such as Reverend Michael Woolf.

Patriotism is good actually. Wanting to make your country better is good. Whining and crying about how shit it is without doing something about it: not good! Bad, even! I'm gonna log off, but I encourage people to continue to angrily respond to things I didn't say

People are so used to the fascists being the ones with clear (terrible) ideas about our country, people are wary of articulating a better, richer national vision.

Vast majorities in all parties support more solar and nuclear. Wind is popular in the center too. Only minorities of Dems and Independents support more fossil-fuel production. So why is anyone telling @TheDemocrats to promote fossil fuel production to win elections? 🤔

Important that they know they are not above the law.

Leaning against a tree, consolidating process to find the next step forward.

Gestapo agent ARRESTED in Southern California FINALLY! "Authorities say Rodriguez has now been booked for assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment, and assault by a public officer." www.thedailybeast.com/cops-arrest-...

I’m in Roanoke at the weekly protest against Congressman Ben Cline. There were 100 people when it started at noon—and more have shown up since.

Watching this conversation between Matt Segall and Victoria Trumbull on "The mind is not the brain" www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMJ3... following this article by Trumbull iai.tv/articles/mem...

Whatever the reason, it's good that MTG is presenting a more reasonable side. People behave differently in different environments. Good to have incentives for honorable behavior.

Figuring out what to do next is very stressful. Both in terms of what I want & in terms of communicating, trying to be clear and honest with everyone. I guess I'm succeeding in finding options. Trying to see where politics and this world are going is not easy. Research & teaching, areas of study...

I guess when you fire all the competent people, you also lose some ability to do your crimes, thefts and cover-ups efficiently and skillfully.

I made it through this 3 hour conversation between Matt Segall and Tim Jackson on Hans Jonas' "The Phenomenon of Life" that I just ordered. Jackson criticizes Jonas for not knowing enough biology. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqFM...

"Black History Not Taught In Schools: African American Contributions To Tech" www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnAF...

Nice to see my work on intrabeam scattering referenced journals.aps.org/prab/abstrac...

Some day, we will be done with Trump. Meanwhile, he will cause pain and damage in every direction.

I often talk about what I "should" be doing. Many people seem to think that this is always wrong. That we shouldn't speak of shoulds. What kind of ethics does this represent?

Wow, I went to high school with this guy and he dated my step-sister. He's come a long way...

Trump's policies are inflicting so much harm even his allies can see it. Yet he's mostly doing exactly what he promised to. If they revolt over policy, they'll reveal they were fools to back him in the first place. They need a *moral* reason to abandon him. The Epstein files provide just that.

Hey, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social this is really stellar reporting. I’m a bit concerned that you said “we’ve uncovered the first known example.” I’m wondering, can you speak to Myranda Kazos emailing you her investigative reporting on this exact issue a while ago? She’s been covering this for months.

It’s been time for him to go since day 1 of his presidency.

If this is culture war, it's not one culture against another, it human culture versus destruction of everything good that makes us human and keeps us going.

oreos inside oreos inside oreos... oreo fractals with real oreo atoms!

Hmm, I would have a lot to learn to set up this lab: lasers, optical tweezers, high vacuum systems, pumping of Rubidium atoms, nitrogen vacancy diamond quantum sensors... www.youtube.com/watch?v=idy0...

More progress on this one

Tomorrow I have an pre-interview with Emily Griffith Technical about the "quantum learning lab" work. I'd still like to build more of a bridge between partially coherent synchrotron radiation optics and quantum mechanics for quantum technologies. Conscious bridge building is something I enjoy.

We have our limits as far as how much we can empathize and still look out for our own interests. I've often felt that as soon as Trump is out of power and not hurting people any more, I could empathize with him as a sad, empty individual. But before then,he's just too dangerous, but that's my limit.

Meanwhile, the political party that spent years publicly denouncing sex trafficking, especially of children, and pushed theories of an elite conspiracy to do then cover up child sex trafficking, saw a lot of evidence the president was connected to a real one and made it a priority to cover it up.

Sussing out AI turns mostly on subjective feeling derived from vaguely telltale patterns, & from disjunctures btw a student’s natural voice & the AI voice. Room for error is high. And being able to learn a student’s “natural voice” is hard if you’ve got large classes or never saw their raw writing.

I don't even like to use auto-complete, since it seems the start of the slippery slope to writing words that don't reflect our thinking. We need the humanities more than ever and we need clear ideas as to what makes us human and how to strengthen that and make us the best humans we can be.

Congresswoman @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social is FINALLY being sworn in as a member of the House!

Really starting to make sense why Mike Johnson and Republicans skipped work for 40+ days